[Android General] rafkhan:
Gooapple v5+ customization

Hello everyone!

I've been following this thread consistently and managed to learn alot in order to tweak my gooapple. My sincere thanks to everybody contributing to this thread especially to "boyka" and "Q". You guys have done a fantastic job-providing every single detail that helped me and many im sure. Thanks a lot once again.

Now I will summarize what I've done in order to improve the performance of my phone:

Basic information:

Phone is rooted (Thanks to boyka and everybody else associated).

Installed 32gb samsung microSD card (class 6)- Works absolutely fine

Rom preinstalled: a108-iOS-V2g-12.05.19.zip (Located in the phone SD card-I believe this is the installed rom on my phone)

As I have mentioned in my earlier post phone memory is minimal with the custom apps installed and also the battery performance is poor.

To circumvent these issues i deleted few apps:

1) Deleted Weather App (Installed identical app in SD card)

2) Deleted Yahoo music library app (one with the itunes icon)

3) Deleted Reminder app (installed iphone replica espier reminder from google play)

4) Deleted MTK wallpaper apk (This will remove wallpaper changing option by long-pressing the home button) but release lots of memory

5) Deleted compass app (installed identical iphone like app in SD card)

6) Deleted youtube, google maps and facebook apps from system and reinstalled them in the SD card from android market.

I have now installed more than 50 Apps including all the major one like skype, viber, google drive, flipboard, dolphin, imo etc. and around 15 games. (Still 20 mb free).

To make it more like iphone:

1) Installed espier launcher: This launcher is extremely good and seamless. Besides, it offers lots of customization like icon designing and in built app hiding option. Consumes very less battery too.

2) Installed espier browser: This app looks exactly like safari browser on iphone. Even offer more functionality ( But eats the battery very fast). I hope there will be an update soon.

3) Installed espier reminder: This is exactly like iphone reminder app

4) Installed smart keyboard pro: Similar to iphone keyboard with cupertino skin

Battery improvement: Phone battery lasts 15-18 hours or less with moderate use. Installed memory cleaning app (clean master) from google play which improved the battery life when phone is idle. Will try to replace the battery with original iphone battery some day as demonstrated by "Q".

Problems:

Major issues:

1) Unable to fix GPS position. I appreciate the efforts of "Q" and "BoYka" however, I am unable to lock the positions of satellite.

2) Phone can't detect cellular location. I checked and found that there is no location apk file in the system app folder. I guess this is the reason. Is this ROM specific? Does anybody has location apk file for gooapple v5+?

Minor issues:

1) Password lock screen "emergency button" is in chinese

2) Calendar has chinese letters on it

3) Awkward misaligned "Accept" and "Reject" buttons when a call comes in while phone is awake (Not locked).

4) USB connection image is not like iphone. I tried to change this by modifying the res-apk file but couldn't succeed.

Questions?

1) I have mentioned the ROM of my phone above. Does this differ from others? I guess boyka has a newer version of ROM.

2) Can I install other gooapple v5+ rom on my phone.

3) Are any of the above problems (location apk and call buttons) are ROM specific and can be deal by flashing other gooapple v5+ rom.

Please inform me if I can deal with any of these issues.

Thanks to everybody who is contributing to this forum.

Many thanks again to "Boyka" and "Q" for their marvelous contribution and support to this thread....cheers :o

" A GooApple a day...keeps iPhone at bay" ;)